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Understanding Proposed Changes to the H-1B Visa: Protecting American Government Interests, Improving the Opportunities for American Companies, or Potentially Hurting Hopeful Immigrants?

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  • Rebecca Stonawski

    (Political Science Department, Concordia University Wisconsin, 12800 N. Lake Shore Dr., Mequon, WI 53097-2418, USA)

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This paper will examine the US government’s proposed changes to the H-1B visa, a dual-intent visa meant to bring highly-skilled individuals to the US labor market. It will first explain what the H-1B visa is and is not and what might happen to the H-1B visa in the future. The focus of the paper, however, will be on how the H-1B visa program is failing. The thesis of this article is that reform to the H-1B visa may be very good for the US employer and the US economy. However, the proposed legislation keeps a number of disadvantageous features for H-1B holders intact, rather than addressing them.

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  • Rebecca Stonawski, 2013. "Understanding Proposed Changes to the H-1B Visa: Protecting American Government Interests, Improving the Opportunities for American Companies, or Potentially Hurting Hopeful Immigrants?," Laws, MDPI, vol. 2(3), pages 1-11, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlawss:v:2:y:2013:i:3:p:233-243:d:28192
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